375, Lot: 628. Estimate $150. Sold for $130. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

C. Fonteius. 114-113 BC. AR Denarius (19.5mm, 3.37 g, 12h). Obverse brockage. Rome mint. Laureate, janiform heads of the Dioscuri; P to left, mark of value to right / Incuse and reverse of obverse. Cf. Crawford 290/1; cf. Sydenham 555; cf. Fonteia 1. VF, toned, minor porosity. Seldom encountered brockage.

From the Nicoleta Collection.